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Parents hope Ohio governor considers legalizing medical marijuana

Sophia Nazzarine, 5, was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 8-months-old. At such a young age, she continues to marvel her parents in Ohio.

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Updated: 12:15 AM EDT Mar 19, 2014

Parents hope Ohio governor considers legalizing medical marijuana

Sophia Nazzarine, 5, was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 8-months-old. At such a young age, she continues to marvel her parents in Ohio.

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Updated: 12:15 AM EDT Mar 19, 2014

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WEBVTT SEVERAL BRAIN SURGERIES ANDSEIZURES FOR MOST OF HER YOUNGLIFE!HER FATHER.... HAS WRITTEN ALETTER TO GOVERNOR KASICH....LOOKING FOR HELP.WLWT NEWS 5'S ALISON MONTOYA....IS "LIVE" WITH THE LOCALFAMILY.... THAT'S LANDED IN THEMIDDLE OF THE MEDICAL MARIJUANADEBATE.BEHIND THIS SWEET SMILE ANDLAUGHTER... YOU WOULD NEVERBELIEVE WHAT SOPHIA HAS BEENTHROUGH AT ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD.(Nicole Nazzarine, Sophia'sMother)(She's this amazing littlegirl.) DIAGNOSED WITH EPILEPSYAT EIGHT MONTHS OLD, HER MOTHERNICOLE SAYS HER DAUGHTER HASALREADY HAD MULTIPLE BRAINSURGERIES (Nicole Nazzarine,Sophia's Mother)(That was really hard and thenwe did it again because wethought the second time for surethat this has got to work.) WITHNEARLY 10 SEIZURES ON ANY GIVENDAY... SOPHIA'S FATHER SCOTTSAYS IT'S A BALANCING ACT...KEEPING HIS DAUGHTER ON MULTIPLEMEDICATIONS SO SHE CAN TRY ANDLIVE A NORMAL LIFE. HOWEVERSCOTT AND NICOLE SAY THEMEDICATIONS AREN'T WORKING.THEY WANT ANOTHER OPTION -MEDICINAL MARIJUANA... WHERE THEOIL IS EXTRACTED AND GIVEN TOCHILDREN. (Nicole Nazzarine,Sophia's Mother)(This CBD component of themarijuana plant has the sametype of affect on the brain thatmany seizure medications do, ithas a calming affect.) WITHMEDICINAL MARIJUANA ILLEGAL INOHIO... SCOTT WROTE A LETTERTO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH (ScottNazzarine, Sophia's Father)(I just wanted him to thinkabout it a little bit and Ifeel like he met somebody that'ssuffering like this like mydaughter Sophia that I think itwould at least make him thinktwice and maybe change hismind.) THE GOVERNOR VOICED HISSTANCE AGAINST MEDICALMARIJUANA IN 2012. THEY'REHOPING SOPHIA'S STORY COULDCHANGE THAT. (Scott Nazzarine,Sophia's Father)(As of right now we've triedeverything and I feel likethere's no reason we shouldn'tbe allowed to try this one finalstep.)SOPHIA... ALSO HAS A MEDICALDEVICE PLACED IN HER CHEST TOHELPREDUCE THE SEIZURES... AND HERPARENTS HAVE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUTMOVING TO A STATE WHERE MEDICALMARIJUANA IS ALLOWED SINCENOTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING.SHEREE.NEARLY 2.3 MILLION AMERICANSHAVE EPILEPSY.AND JUST LAST MONTH.... THEEPILEPSY FOUNDATION.... CALLEDFOR INCREASED MEDICAL MARIJUANAACCESS AND RESEARCH.

Parents hope Ohio governor considers legalizing medical marijuana

Sophia Nazzarine, 5, was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 8-months-old. At such a young age, she continues to marvel her parents in Ohio.